Chuck Wooldridge
@wooldridge.bsky.social
Sometimes called 吳克強. Historian working on maintenance and repair, Chinese religion, Taiwan, Qing history.
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A copy of the NEW BOOK by 2023-24 CASBS fellow Micah Muscolino, "Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People," has entered into the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📖
About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
And check out Micah's awesome shout-out in the book (🧵)
About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
And check out Micah's awesome shout-out in the book (🧵)
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A copy of the NEW BOOK by 2023-24 CASBS fellow Micah Muscolino, "Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People," has entered into the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📖
About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
And check out Micah's awesome shout-out in the book (🧵)
About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
And check out Micah's awesome shout-out in the book (🧵)
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this is just horrible. everything is wrong and getting wronger.
may his memory be a blessing.
may his memory be a blessing.
GM Daniel Naroditsky passed away. He was a talented chess player, commentator, and educator. FIDE extends its deepest condolences to Daniel’s family and loved ones.
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
this is just horrible. everything is wrong and getting wronger.
may his memory be a blessing.
may his memory be a blessing.
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I usually just block and delete these but luckily I have writers block and need to work it out
April 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I usually just block and delete these but luckily I have writers block and need to work it out
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Reminder! Subscribe to the new Zach Lowe Show on
Spotify:
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and YouTube:
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and YouTube:
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The Zach Lowe Show
Podcast · The Ringer · Same Zach. New home. The Zach Lowe Show keeps you in the know around the Association with a variety of NBA conversations and game breakdowns. Plus guests, including his friends ...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Reminder! Subscribe to the new Zach Lowe Show on
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/7odspoI...
and YouTube:
www.youtube.com/@TheZachLowe...
Spotify:
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and YouTube:
www.youtube.com/@TheZachLowe...
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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Welcome to ...
The Ringer, @zachlowenba.bsky.social!
HE'S BACK, PEOPLE! #NBASky
open.spotify.com/episode/1JAI...
The Ringer, @zachlowenba.bsky.social!
HE'S BACK, PEOPLE! #NBASky
open.spotify.com/episode/1JAI...
Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show!
The Zach Lowe Show · Episode
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March 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Welcome to ...
The Ringer, @zachlowenba.bsky.social!
HE'S BACK, PEOPLE! #NBASky
open.spotify.com/episode/1JAI...
The Ringer, @zachlowenba.bsky.social!
HE'S BACK, PEOPLE! #NBASky
open.spotify.com/episode/1JAI...
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“[Chinese] is a language that I've worked really, really hard to master, and it's a world that will never leave me. That's also part of the point of this book, is that being Chinese is not confined to the boundaries of the People's Republic of China." www.npr.org/transcripts/...
In new book, NPR's Emily Feng explores identity after China refused to let her return
In 2022, the Chinese government told NPR's Emily Feng she was no longer welcome in China, where she'd lived and reported from for seven years. She says she hasn't lost claim to her Chinese identity.
www.npr.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“[Chinese] is a language that I've worked really, really hard to master, and it's a world that will never leave me. That's also part of the point of this book, is that being Chinese is not confined to the boundaries of the People's Republic of China." www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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We've got some big news: Heavyweight officially has a new home Pushkin Industries. Tell your friends, your exes… tell the strangers on the subway! And be sure to subscribe to the feed to hear about new episodes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
‘Heavyweight,’ an Acclaimed Narrative Podcast, Returns
Pushkin Industries, the podcast company that will release the show, is betting that documentary-style audio programs can still win an audience.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We've got some big news: Heavyweight officially has a new home Pushkin Industries. Tell your friends, your exes… tell the strangers on the subway! And be sure to subscribe to the feed to hear about new episodes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
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The Schomburg Tintype collection has a lot of digital copies of early photographs of African Americans and Indigenous Americans from mid #c19th.
Some really evocative portraits in there.
New York Public Library.
archives.nypl.org/sc...
Some really evocative portraits in there.
New York Public Library.
archives.nypl.org/sc...
January 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Schomburg Tintype collection has a lot of digital copies of early photographs of African Americans and Indigenous Americans from mid #c19th.
Some really evocative portraits in there.
New York Public Library.
archives.nypl.org/sc...
Some really evocative portraits in there.
New York Public Library.
archives.nypl.org/sc...
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again, a strange thing about the renewed enthusiasm for imperialism is that very few enthusiasts for imperial violence in any of these countries actually want to be the soldiers.
January 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
again, a strange thing about the renewed enthusiasm for imperialism is that very few enthusiasts for imperial violence in any of these countries actually want to be the soldiers.
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On Tuesday, next week!
Fang Yu Hu (Cal Poly Pomona) and Tadashi Ishikawa (Central Florida) on their new books “Good Wife, Wise Mother” and “Geographies of Gender”, respectively, in conversation with Seiji Shirane (City College of New York).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5838693
Fang Yu Hu (Cal Poly Pomona) and Tadashi Ishikawa (Central Florida) on their new books “Good Wife, Wise Mother” and “Geographies of Gender”, respectively, in conversation with Seiji Shirane (City College of New York).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5838693
January 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
On Tuesday, next week!
Fang Yu Hu (Cal Poly Pomona) and Tadashi Ishikawa (Central Florida) on their new books “Good Wife, Wise Mother” and “Geographies of Gender”, respectively, in conversation with Seiji Shirane (City College of New York).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5838693
Fang Yu Hu (Cal Poly Pomona) and Tadashi Ishikawa (Central Florida) on their new books “Good Wife, Wise Mother” and “Geographies of Gender”, respectively, in conversation with Seiji Shirane (City College of New York).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5838693
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New Book 🚨!!
The Politics of Sorrow, by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, uncovers the story of Amdo and Khampa chieftains and lamas who sought to protect local identities and traditions in exile rather than “embrace demands to shed regional allegiance and embrace national unity” @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Politics of Sorrow, by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, uncovers the story of Amdo and Khampa chieftains and lamas who sought to protect local identities and traditions in exile rather than “embrace demands to shed regional allegiance and embrace national unity” @columbiaup.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New Book 🚨!!
The Politics of Sorrow, by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, uncovers the story of Amdo and Khampa chieftains and lamas who sought to protect local identities and traditions in exile rather than “embrace demands to shed regional allegiance and embrace national unity” @columbiaup.bsky.social
The Politics of Sorrow, by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, uncovers the story of Amdo and Khampa chieftains and lamas who sought to protect local identities and traditions in exile rather than “embrace demands to shed regional allegiance and embrace national unity” @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Holy crap! Shout Studios have untied the Gordian knot of John Woo's back catalogue!
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
John Woo, Chow Yun-fat Classics Among 156-Film Golden Princess Library Acquired by Shout! Studios (EXCLUSIVE)
Shout! Studios acquires 156 Hong Kong action classics from Golden Princess, including John Woo, Chow Yun-Fat hits like 'Hard Boiled' and 'The Killer.'
variety.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Holy crap! Shout Studios have untied the Gordian knot of John Woo's back catalogue!
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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New book - Literature for Little Bodhisattvas: Making Buddhist Families in Modern Taiwan
Natasha Heller reveals "how contemporary picturebooks reframe Buddhism and offer fresh perspectives on its teachings and ideals of family for both children and adults"
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/litera...
#histed
Natasha Heller reveals "how contemporary picturebooks reframe Buddhism and offer fresh perspectives on its teachings and ideals of family for both children and adults"
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/litera...
#histed
Literature for Little Bodhisattvas: Making Buddhist Families in Modern Taiwan
In Literature for Little Bodhisattvas, Natasha Heller makes two key interventions: first, she argues that picturebooks are a new genre of Buddhist writing, and second, she calls attention to an eme…
uhpress.hawaii.edu
January 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, is recruiting a researcher specializing in Ming-Qing history! Application instructors in the link below #🀄️📚 #sinology #sinologists #history #chinesehistory
Full-Time Research Fellow Position in Ming-Qing History
1. Rank: Assistant Research Fellow, Associate Research Fellow or Research Fellow
(positions roughly correspond to assistant professor, associate professor and professor at the university level in t...
www1.ihp.sinica.edu.tw
January 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, is recruiting a researcher specializing in Ming-Qing history! Application instructors in the link below #🀄️📚 #sinology #sinologists #history #chinesehistory
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The only sexy American accent is whatever foghorn leghorn was doing
January 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The only sexy American accent is whatever foghorn leghorn was doing
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Clear, detailed explanation for *users* about how to do reports for Blacksky content moderation. So well done by Dr. KáLyn Coghill! @drkalyncoghill.bsky.social
Trust & Safety folks ought to read this.
Trust & Safety folks ought to read this.
New write-up on what to report to @blacksky.app on my substack now! open.substack.com/pub/drkalync... #blacksky
I Reported it to Blacksky; now what?
A quick run-down of what to report to the Blacksky Moderation App
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December 31, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Clear, detailed explanation for *users* about how to do reports for Blacksky content moderation. So well done by Dr. KáLyn Coghill! @drkalyncoghill.bsky.social
Trust & Safety folks ought to read this.
Trust & Safety folks ought to read this.
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Excited to announce that our next Project Funding cycle at @jppinfo.bsky.social is open! We are accepting applications for premodern, early modern, modern & contemporary, as well as transtemporal projects, though this cycle we are especially interested in funding premodern projects. ✌️
We are pleased to announce that Japan Past & Present is now accepting proposals for its Spring 2025 Project Funding cycle! 🎉🗾 We offer short-term support to scholars to create public-facing resources on Japan-related topics to be published on JPP's site. japanpastandpresent.org/en/funding/j...
January 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Excited to announce that our next Project Funding cycle at @jppinfo.bsky.social is open! We are accepting applications for premodern, early modern, modern & contemporary, as well as transtemporal projects, though this cycle we are especially interested in funding premodern projects. ✌️
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Photo: Nanjing under a snow blanket, by Edwin Wisse
chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/12/phot...
chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/12/phot...
December 21, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Photo: Nanjing under a snow blanket, by Edwin Wisse
chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/12/phot...
chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/12/phot...
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Shuge.org is a great website! I reviewed it for the @digitalorientalist.bsky.social - but there’s so much in there!
digitalorientalist.com/2022/01/18/7...
digitalorientalist.com/2022/01/18/7...
December 9, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Shuge.org is a great website! I reviewed it for the @digitalorientalist.bsky.social - but there’s so much in there!
digitalorientalist.com/2022/01/18/7...
digitalorientalist.com/2022/01/18/7...
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"As beautiful as they are disturbing, these sculptures intertwine desire + unease. They question our relationship with allure + disgust while challenging the notion of value."
(I also wrote about Ryan's work: wordsinspace.net/2022/08/12/f...)
(I also wrote about Ryan's work: wordsinspace.net/2022/08/12/f...)
Kathleen Ryan: Sculpting Time | Gagosian Quarterly
Art historian, curator, and writer Daria de Beauvais tracks Kathleen Ryan’s sustained and evolving engagement with the temporal, the memento mori, Americana, and ecology. The artist was the recent ...
gagosian.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:36 PM
"As beautiful as they are disturbing, these sculptures intertwine desire + unease. They question our relationship with allure + disgust while challenging the notion of value."
(I also wrote about Ryan's work: wordsinspace.net/2022/08/12/f...)
(I also wrote about Ryan's work: wordsinspace.net/2022/08/12/f...)
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View all of these gorgeous images of birds, flowers, and rocks here, in a high quality scan of the copy held by Cambridge University Library cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-FH-0...
Chinese Works : Shi zhu zhai shu hua pu
This is the earliest Chinese book printed by the technique of polychrome xylography known as douban invented and perfected
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
December 7, 2024 at 3:09 PM
View all of these gorgeous images of birds, flowers, and rocks here, in a high quality scan of the copy held by Cambridge University Library cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-FH-0...
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The case for kind book criticism.
Why can’t we be kind? (A Pollyanna’s case for the nice review.)
Every so often here in the Bookverse, someone hitches up their britches and pronounces criticism “dead.” They lament a media ecosystem driven by publicists, and actual or perceived read…
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December 7, 2024 at 8:00 PM
The case for kind book criticism.